Lucy Goodhart (Ph.D. Harvard 2002) has studied at the universities of Oxford and Harvard. Her research focuses on the interaction between political institutions and economic policy. Her thesis, Moderating Passions? Coalition Government and Policy Cycles in Advanced, Industrialized Nations, analyzed the impact of coalition government on incentives and policy actions among 17 industrialized nations from 1973 to 1992. This work integrated results from voting theory, political economy and the formal modeling of executive behavior. Her current research project, undertaken with Alison Alter of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, examines the interaction between asset markets and politics, in the U.S. and abroad.

Research Interests: Comparative institutions, W. European and EU Politics, monetary policy and technocratic delegation, voting behavior, and political parties.